Sam Harris | Club Random with Bill Maher
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What is Sam Harris's 'superpower' with words and how does it shape the conversation?
Юар, і майвів, сингл мост артикулят персон. In the world. That is really that is what I'm not
gonna I'm not gonna accept that praise, but it is high praise. I don't know.
It's just like nobody Your superpower, besides clear thinking. Is Your ability to Choose words, you know, just the right one.
Well I I have an advantage, i uh which many people have noticed. I talk incredibly slowly. So the people who listen to my podcast on two X and three X and No, they
it's not that bad. It's not it's not that slow. But um it's not a draw. Give me a give me a few of these and then we'll see if I I draw. Uh But um no, but most people if they had ten years and started studying now, still couldn't come up with the word you know, you come up with words that are like Not arcane. But just Uh perfect.
Hmm.
You know, like that other people don't come up with. Like I'm trying to think of an example but like uh I don't know. Oh like It cracked me up. Not as they actually make me laugh. I don't think they'd make other people laugh, but you were saying I mean Richard was here, Richard Dawkins and we were talking about, you know, he's cancelled by the Muslims for Islamophobia. You've had the same problem. And you once described like and the word you use for combustible. No,
the the the the c the community is combustible.
Well that's like if some gym combustible
religious maniacs.
Like if some like a bri if a Koran gets burned or some shit happens and like, okay, uh it's not cool, but you know, you're like if nobody else is quite this combustible. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. It's just not a word I would, you know, immediately associate. Right. And you you uh and we're certainly not saying that all Muslims are combustible.
This is uh It's a ma I I don't know that we have to Issue any caveats or footnotes as we cover these topics, but it's amazing how confused people are. So like You know, we we're now talking in the immediate aftermath of the Kanye Anti Semitism eruption. Yes. Um and Ін критиці на ака сомач блобак о соцмере. More or less of the sort from the left saying, you're one to talk, you have said so many awful things about Islam.
Oh my god. As though
and people cannot differentiate c criticizing a system of ideas from hating people for indelible characteristics of birth and Did you call Ben Affleck back?
I I I love Ben He used to own this very room.
Oh that's that's strange. Yeah, yeah. Um he and I buried the hatchet. We're we're fine. Yes.
I know.
There's no problem.
But it is one of those things that you and I will never Shake completely. Because so many because of his startup. Oh, that that specifically that episode, yeah. Yeah, because of his stardom. And you know, uh passion. The moment. Right. It was just one of those things that was seen by like masses that don't usually follow us. Right. Shall we say?
Yeah, yeah. No, he he got he was very famous in Indonesia right after that. And uh he's he's just he's the white knight who rode in on his horse and saved half of humanity from the world. Not just
Indonesia, Rosie O'Donnell.
Donald liked it. Brooklyn and Indonesia and uh the w entire west side
of Los Angeles. Yeah, no, I mean I I'm glad that you guys talked. Yeah. And I remember you did, like after the show and 'cause he's a very bright, reasonable person.
Although honestly that was the green room was worse. The green room was i i had had you televised the green green room conversation, that would have been amazing.
After the show? Yeah, yeah. You
were so you were uh No it was just me and him and
Monica and Oh I uh I'm not aware that there was such a conversation. No it was contentious?
It was contentious. Um but again we've you know, we've we've totally buried the hatchet, so there's no No issue.
Um And nobody came over to the other one's side a little bit or it was just more of like agreed to disagree?
I I haven't seen him a ton since then, but you know, the few times I have it's just the there's nothing nothing wrong. So Oh
good.
Yeah.
I'm a big fan of him as a person and a filmmaker.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is Sam Harris's 'superpower' with words and how does it shape the conversation?
0:01–10:40
2
How did Sam and Bill discuss burying the hatchet with Ben Affleck?
10:40–23:07
3
What insights did they share about the Hunter Biden story suppression?
23:07–34:35
4
Why does Bill Maher miss Howard Stern and what does that reveal?
34:35–45:30
5
How do Sam and Bill compare their experiences with gambling in Vegas?
45:30–56:17
6
What perspectives do they offer on capitalism's pros and cons?
56:17–1:06:38
7
Why do they consider the worst sin America has committed?
1:06:38–1:17:55
8
How does their discussion reflect on free will and technology's impact?
1:17:55–1:27:58